Session 5E: How Sexuality Has Shaped Our Movement and Our Theology

with Rev. Chris Glaser, Dr. Monique Moultrie, Brian McNaught, Dr. Mary E. Hunt, Dr. Justin Tanis

Diverse views on sexuality characterized our movement from the beginning. Some people advocate total sexual freedom, others simply want equal opportunities for ministry, marriage, adoption, and the like. The women/feminist’s communities and the men’s communities lived out their sexual lives differently. Further diversity emerged as bisexual and transgender people brought their experiences to the mix. Even more variety emerges as cisgender, racial, and ethnic differences are taken into account. Faith activists have often felt marginalized by the broader LGBTIQA+ movement, but Liberation, Feminist/Womanist, Body, and Queer theologies have all contributed to our conversations about sexuality.